Lancaster III JB707 - The North Sea                                                  Updated: 08 MAR 2021

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a063003.htm Blyth C J P/O RCAF 405 p334.htm LAN JB707 Bomb G The North Sea d290744 b010745 c063.htm Nr. Haurvig
e777730.htm Carrott D C Sgt RAF 405 p334.htm LAN JB707 Bomb G The North Sea d290744 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777732.htm Drew W P P/O RCAF 405 p334.htm LAN JB707 Bomb G The North Sea d290744 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777733.htm Gray C W/Cdr RCAF 405 p334.htm LAN JB707 Bomb G The North Sea d290744 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777731.htm Morrow W C F/O RCAF 405 p334.htm LAN JB707 Bomb G The North Sea d290744 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777729.htm Pomeroy E C F/O RCAF 405 p334.htm LAN JB707 Bomb G The North Sea d290744 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
e777728.htm Townsend E A F/O RCAF 405 p334.htm LAN JB707 Bomb G The North Sea d290744 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN


Den 29. juli 1944 styrtede LAN JB707 i Nordsøen i forbindelse med et bombetogt til Hamburg.     

Den 7. eller 8. oktober 1944 drev C. J. Blyth ind nord for Bjerregård (omkring her). Tyskerne begravede liget i klitterne og satte et trækors med flyverens navn på graven.
Se mere ved C. J. Blyth. (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra LAN JB707 blev begravet på Nr. Haurvig Kirkegård. 6 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

Se Lancaster Fotos * p334MACR

7 flyvere.

On 29 July 1944 LAN JB707 crashed into the North Sea in connection with a bombing raid on Hamburg.

On 7 or 8 October 1944 C. J. Blyth was washed ashore north of Bjerregaard (about here). The Germans buried the body in the dunes and placed a wooden cross with
the airman's name on his grave. See more at C. J. Blyth. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from LAN JB707 was buried in Norre Haurvig Churchyard. 6 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 405 (City of Vancouver) Squadron RCAF * 405 Squadron Association * No. 405 Squadron RAF Pathfinders
See also Lancaster Photos * Lancaster - Bomber Command Museum of Canada * Avro 683 Lancaster Mk X - IWM Duxford *  Lancaster-Wikipedia *  LAN-HAL

Lancaster III JB707 LQ-M took off from RAF Gransden Lodge at 22.48 hrs on 28 JUL 1944. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this.) See p334MACR.